The End of Deep History? Reflections on the Laureate Program and its Research Centre
Symposium
This Symposium marks the end of the Research Centre for Deep History and the seven-year ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Program ‘Rediscovering the Deep Human Past: Global Networks, Future Opportunities’, led by Professor Ann McGrath AM and a talented team based at the Australian National…
Building a research narrative and identity in a precarious academic labour market
Workshop
This workshop will discuss strategies for building a clear research narrative to contribute to building a competitive CV whilst doing a PhD or being an ECR in the everchanging and increasingly demanding academic labour market. Building a coherent research narrative and trajectory is paramount, as…
Young people, platform practices and dimensions of the ‘data gaze’
Seminar
Data is central to how we experience the social world, with the concept of the ‘data gaze’ helping to understand how everyday life is increasingly viewed through data in strategic and predictive ways (Beer 2018). This presentation explores different dimensions of the data gaze, where algorithmic…
Dan Jacobson and the Story of a South African Family: A Collaborative Memoir
Lecture/seminar
Many of the published works of South African-born writer Dan Jacobson were autobiographical in nature and explored the theme of family. For example, Heshel’s Kingdom (1998) concerned the life and legacy of Dan’s maternal grandfather Heshel Melamed – a rabbi in the small Lithuanian town of…
‘Taking back our stories’: Talking about Indigenous Women’s Family History Research
Lecture
The panel explores opportunities and barriers for Indigenous women to ‘take back’ their stories, and seeks to foster ongoing conversations, and spark new discussions, about Indigenous women’s family history research.The Research Centre for Deep History’s Indigenous Family History Research Residency…
What is a classic in history? The making of a historical canon
Seminar
The image above depicts the god Janus with his two faces, looking backwards and forwards, towards the past and the future simultaneously: a graphic and symbolic image of the permanence of the classic. What is a classic in historical writing? How do we explain the continued interest in…
Wellbeing as wholeness: Against the instrumental/intrinsic distinction – Mark Fabian
Seminar
The Analytical philosophy of wellbeing standardly distinguishes what is intrinsically wellbeing – what is ‘good for’ somebody or of prudential value to them – from what is instrumental to wellbeing, that is, facilitates one to obtain prudential value.This paper argues that while this distinction is…